Tag: Amnesty International

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Purge at Amnesty International as abusive practices and toxic workplace conditions are exposed

  

  Amnesty International is to lose most of its senior leadership team after a report said it had a “toxic” workplace. The human rights organization's secretary-general, Kumi Naidoo, ordered an independent review after two employees killed themselves last year. In the review, one staff member described Amnesty as having “a toxic culture of secrecy and mistrust”.

• Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  Equal marriage controversy reaches BOTs: 5 out of 14 reluctant to approve the initiative

  

  A report from the UK Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has called on the government to extend equal marriage to the British Overseas Territories. Although equal marriage was legalized in England and Wales in 2013, and Scotland in 2014, the laws did not automatically extend to the British Overseas Territories, which include Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:05 UTC

  Chile pulls out of controversial UN migration pact

  

  Chile has become the latest country to pull out of a controversial United Nations migration pact, its interior ministry indicated, provoking fury among opposition parties who accused Sebastian Piñera's government of “shameful and authoritarian” behavior.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 21:58 UTC

  Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi no longer deserving of Amnesty International award

  

  Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, once deemed worthy of Amnesty International's highest honour, was stripped the the human rights organization's Ambassador of Conscience Award, which she received in 2009, due to “shameful betrayal of the values she once stood for,” it was announced Tuesday.

• Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 15:03 UTC

  Malaysia to join list of countries that have abolished death penalty

  

  Malaysia's government has pledged to amend the law and abolish capital punishment. It will also halt all pending executions, it was reported.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 11:26 UTC

  Amnesty presses FIFA on Qatar's 'rampant migrant labor abuse'

  

  Five years to the day since Qatar secured 2022 World Cup hosting rights, Amnesty International says the Gulf nation has done little to “address rampant migrant labor abuse”. Qatar has made pledges for labor reforms and the 2022 World Cup committee has introduced a workers’ charter. But the kafala system of tied employment has yet to be overhauled to ease restrictions on workers’ rights.

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 06:03 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition leader sentenced to 13 years in prison; Unasur statement expected Friday

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was convicted inciting violence and sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for his leading role in the 2014 street protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro that spiralled into bloodshed, killing more than 40 people. A statement from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) is expected on Friday.

• Wednesday, August 5th 2015 - 07:08 UTC

  “Shoot first, ask questions later”, the Rio do Janeiro military police procedure

  

  Military police in Rio de Janeiro who seem to follow a “shoot first, ask questions later” strategy are contributing to a soaring homicide rate but are rarely investigated and brought to justice, Amnesty International said on Monday as it published exclusive statistics and analysis ahead of the one-year countdown to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

• Thursday, November 13th 2014 - 06:59 UTC

  Headache for FIFA: Amnesty again blasts Qatar for rampant abuse of migrant workers

  

  Qatar’s authorities are lagging severely behind on efforts to address the rampant abuse of migrant workers’ rights, Amnesty International said in a briefing published six months after the government announced a series of reforms to tackle exploitation ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 08:35 UTC

  Argentines strongly disapprove of torture, but 49% are fearful if in custody

  

  Nearly half of all Argentines say they fear suffering torture if they were detained by authorities, a figure that represents slightly more than the global average, an Amnesty International survey has revealed. The results from a series of questions on the issue show Argentina as one of the nations that most disapprove of torture among the 21 countries surveyed.